The Future Of Teamwork with Dane Groeneveld

Joining The Future of Teamwork today is Dr. Wanita Dixon, CEO and Founder of Technical Creative Consulting LLC. Through her work she aims to help organizations seek creative solutions to achieve their unique goals. Together with host and CEO of HUDDL3 Group Dane Groeneveld, the two discuss art therapy and finding satisfaction in different hobbies and crafts, ways to exercise those practices, and how it can impact teamwork and innovation processes. "Dr. Dubs" also shares the experience of creating her STEAM podcast of the same name, and all the ways we can utilize creative practices to live healthier and mentally better.Key Takeaways[00:11 - 02:48] Dr. Wanita Dixon, merging mechanical engineering and visual artistry[02:50 - 05:24] The innovator's method and design thinking, understanding commercialization[05:33 - 10:06] Art therapy and finding satisfaction in the craft[10:10 - 11:29] Virtual giving creative event[12:11 - 14:49] Dr. Dubs, Wanita's nickname and new STEAM podcast[14:57 - 18:02] An exercise to practice: remember the future[18:03 - 20:31] Walking into spaces comfortably[20:33 - 23:56] A futurist student, and thinking about motivating people toward a common purpose[24:04 - 25:51] Choosing and finding the best team members[25:55 - 29:53] Democratizing access to innovation, and user experience[30:14 - 33:40] Artists and residents for corporations[34:03 - 37:55] Having a voice to talk about day-to-day problems[37:59 - 38:59] Fear and psychological safety[39:00 - 40:11] Realizing Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs impact on employee passion and mental health[40:15 - 42:39] Wellness 101 and the 15-minute vacation[42:40 - 46:17] Lifting employees up, volunteering and side-hustling

Today on The Future of Teamwork, host Dane Groeneveld interviews David Burkus, best-selling author and speaker on helping teams and leaders work better together. David defines organizational psychology and talks about his detour into the field. He and Dane also talk about the concept of accidental camaraderie and employee experience in the context of COVID and remote work. David rounds out the conversation with the idea of high-trust organizations, a shared identity at work, and a discussion about what it means for teamwork to be career workers versus project workers.Key Takeaways[00:11 - 02:29] David Burkus and defining organizational psychology[02:31 - 04:50] David's early life, education, and entry into the field[04:51 - 06:59] Detours in careers and business[07:06 - 09:48] Accidental camaraderie, and intentional collaboration[09:54 - 13:16] Employee experience is a larger function of team culture post-COVID[13:18 - 14:13] Motivation and vital elements of a team that collaborates well[14:15 - 17:27] Job crafting and motivation in a career[17:29 - 22:02] Psychological safety and trust between leaders and teams[22:04 - 23:15] Asynchronous communication in hybrid capacities[23:54 - 26:03] Thought considerations for organizations that utilize asynchronous communication styles[26:08 - 27:56] Engaging with people on zoom, less presentations[28:02 - 29:33] The percentage of people who work remote will double[29:34 - 32:25] Shared identity and unifying employees under goals[32:26 - 35:52] Career workers and project workers, merging the two's shared goals[35:56 - 38:30] Creativity is a team sport, the story behind the phrase and book[38:33 - 40:59] Unlimited vacation, high-trust organizations, and remote work[41:00 - 42:49] Flex time and considerations with remote work[43:04 - 45:05] A future of project-based work and increased engagement[45:08 - 46:49] The social impact of remote work, and effects on productivity

Reena Gupta stops by The Future of Teamwork to talk to host Dane Groeneveld about her life and what inspired her to found Mom Relaunch, an organization that is changing the face of work by expanding opportunities for moms of all backgrounds. During their conversation, Reena talks about how growing up in a joint family system inspired her approach to accepting people for who they are and as an inspiration for teamwork in business endeavors. They also stress the importance of community building, and the roles of collaboration and support within those communities.Key Takeaways: [01:17 - 03:05] In Reena's youth women were not really allowed to have careers[05:02 - 06:53] Scaling technology education[06:54 - 09:15] Expanding access for women's work options and the Mom Relaunch platform[09:19 - 10:21] Turning luck into traction into progress, support and motivation[10:24 - 12:51] A joint family system, and handling disagreements, communication[12:57 - 13:48] Working for the betterment of all community members[13:53 - 17:29] 180 shift in culture coming to the US[17:34 - 19:16] A joint family system taught Reena acceptance[19:18 - 20:18] Working as a team and the role of acceptance[20:21 - 24:18] Letting go of the ideas of roles, and expanding opportunities to have more satisfying family relationships[24:22 - 26:30] The concept of Mom Relaunch in Salesforce was a no-brainer[26:32 - 29:14] Career assessments and Mom Relaunch's HR team tracking results[29:19 - 32:04] Creating a society where everyone is respected for their work[32:10 - 34:20] Expanding the option for anyone to choose the role they want for themselves[34:22 - 36:33] The family as a team and optimism about the future of work for gender equality[36:40 - 40:53] Collaboration in Mom Relaunch and Career Interrupted[40:55 - 42:33] Super moms and teamwork, belonging[42:44 - 43:48] Collaborating and finding shared value[44:02 - 47:33] The joy of support and giving in our communities[49:07 - 50:25] Connecting with Reena and Mom Relaunch

Today on The Future of Teamwork, CEO of HUDDL3 and host Dane Groeneveld talks to Craig Weber about conversational capacity, psychological safety, and how to inspire teams to make statements comfortably. During the discussion the two touch on elements of what makes for inspired leadership, as well as structuring team meetings in-person and remotely to best respect employee time and engagement that translates to outside office communication.Key takeaways: [00:11 - 01:50] Introduction to Craig Weber, Author of Conversational Capacity[01:54 - 02:41] Tall poppy syndrome and cultural influence[02:45 - 04:36] Key elements of the dialogue of discipline[04:37 - 06:34] Inclusion and the minimizing tendency[06:36 - 07:38] Unhinged candor, and curiosity[07:39 - 09:10] The discipline we help people learn, and speaking up candidly[09:14 - 10:08] The misuse of authority[10:10 - 10:38] Virtual environments and engagement[10:40 - 11:53] Clumsiness and the ways meetings and communication can go wrong[11:54 - 12:31] Narrow topics and restructuring the ways we run meetings virtually[12:32 - 15:13] Asynchronous meetings and exponential teams, a tool in the toolkit[15:15 - 16:47] Building conversational capacity and psychological safety[16:49 - 17:31] Muscle development in feedback and psychological safety[17:32 - 21:57] The Leader Lab, bosses, and best practices for making statements[21:58 - 23:30] If the conversation is smarter, everyone has an opportunity to learn, educating your team[23:46 - 26:51] What the future looks like, AI and conversational capacity tools[26:52 - 28:27] The dystopian disadvantages of how AI could make people disengage[28:29 - 29:32] Tips and tricks, future improvements[29:33 - 31:25] Balanced participation and candor, the equation for psychological safety[31:27 - 32:24] Your job is to make your team smarter and stronger[32:25 - 33:38] Vistage Group[33:39 - 35:41] Spreading the methodology outside of the business world[35:42 - 37:08] Learning from partners and spouses[37:10 - 38:24] Explicit value and dealing with difficult customers who find value of conversational capacity outside of work[38:28 - 39:19] Minimizing behavior and decision-shopping[39:22 - 40:47] Craig's next book, Influence in Action[40:49 - 41:40] Working proactively and productively in challenging circumstances[41:42 - 44:11] The code of conduct and encouraging teams to perform

Today on The Future of Teamwork, host Dane Groeneveld talks to Jeff Miller of Potentia Workforce about neurodiversity in the workplace and how inclusive hiring improves results across entire organizations. The two discuss the importance of psychological safety for teams in the workforce. Jeff also discusses how inclusivity can help companies better translate their values into behaviors.Key Takeaways: [01:09 - 04:30] Jeff Miller and his work with Potentia Workforce to creating opportunities for neurodivergent individuals[04:32 - 06:57] How Jeff's project consulting experience affected his thoughts on engagement with clients[06:59 - 13:47] All about Potentia Workforce and where the idea came from[14:23 - 16:16] Neurodiversity is everywhere once you understand the implications[16:18 - 24:06] People's "operating systems" and the STARS program focusing on autism[22:41 - 24:06] Accommodation and the talent war[24:09 - 28:13] Neurodiversity in teams and examples of accommodations in workplaces like Ernst & Young[28:17 - 33:46] Being intentional is key, and so is being customizable[33:48 - 35:58] Operationalizing ways for people to live their values[35:59 - 39:19] Building systems that benefit whole companies and increase neurodiverse employee retention[39:22 - 41:42] Maximizing the potential of existing teams, and mentors who stay humble and curious[41:46 - 44:16] Where Potentia Workforce is operating programs[44:17 - 48:20] Jeff's hopes for teamwork in the future through the lens of neurodiversity

Anna Dearmon Kornic stops by The Future of Teamwork to talk about her experience as a time management coach, and how she helps people reclaim time for the things that matter most to them. Along with host and HUDDL3 Group CEO Dane Groeneveld, Anna explores holistic approaches to time management, as well as understanding what means the most to people. During the conversation Anna discusses strategies for combatting the most distracting elements of modern life in favor of intentional tracking and habit reinforcement.Key Takeaways:[00:11 - 02:58] Anna Kornick and how she became a time management coach[02:58 - 04:45] Anna's first job out of college as a scheduler in D.C.[04:45 - 06:14] Moving home to Louisiana and working in crisis communications and government affairs[06:17 - 08:47] Hitting a breaking point and creating an LLC focused on time management[08:50 - 09:33] Living in chaos, managing chaos[09:33 - 11:33] What engagement looked like with new customers when Anna started[11:35 - 12:40] Spending time with people, finding quality time[12:42 - 14:31] Helping female professionals and business owners find more time[14:32 - 15:57] The mental, emotional, and physical task workload women often bear[15:59 - 17:36] A holistic approach to time management solutions[17:41 - 20:24] Slipping out of practices, working out, hydrating[20:27 - 22:32] Reinforcing good habits and progress at check-ins[22:33 - 24:06] Old fashioned habit reinforcement and tracking[24:05 - 25:43] Myers-Briggs and finding your own time management preferences[25:44 - 28:29] Preferences for how you take in informationf[29:29 - 33:26] Information diets and dealing with distractions to focus on our values[33:27 - 36:06] Creativity, spontaneity, and "infinite browsing mode"[36:08 - 39:21] Deploying strategies that reinforce vision, values, goals, and accountability[39:23 - 40:41] Shuffling meetings, especially across timezones[40:41 - 42:58] An asynchronous listening tour, and accommodating community in different timezones[43:13 - 47:17] The importance of rest, recharge, and being intentional with relationships[47:20 - 49:20] Recap and connecting with Anna

On today's episode of The Future of Teamwork, host Dane Groeneveld invites Kian Gohar, Founder and CEO of Geolab, to discuss the bionic age and how to utilize foresight to plan different scenarios and future-proof your business. Geolab has partnered with organizations like NASA, Google, the XPRIZE Foundation, and Harvard to help their teams create frameworks to work more strategically. During the conversation the two also touch on the power of AI in your software stack, crowdsourcing customer ideas in the innovation sphere, and the concept of "teaming out."Key Takeaways: [00:11 - 03:16] Meet Kian and Geolabs[03:17 - 05:04] The bionic age and what that means to Kian[05:04 - 07:13] Taking the humans out of dehumanized work, and the pandemic as an accelerator[07:13 - 09:06] Virtual training and the benefits to hybrid approaches in learning[09:11 - 11:07] How the metaverse and online training could reduce global carbon footprints[11:08 - 12:57] Pushing the edges of industries, and influencing others to follow[12:58 - 15:19] Utilizing foresight in different contexts of growing a company[15:20 - 17:19] Using foresight can create better commitment to problem solving long term[17:19 - 18:46] Highlighting the San Jose Sharks and how it used foresight to plan out reactions to different scenarios[18:47 - 20:24] How Kian and Geolabs help facilitate scenario planning[20:26 - 23:06] Frameworks for encouraging how you show up to work more strategically[23:12 - 25:03] Why teams struggled to communicate during the pandemic despite software solutions[25:24 - 26:49] The employee experience and making collaboration more seamless[26:49 - 28:52] Resilience and wellness, and being vulnerable[28:52 - 32:04] The power of AI in the stack[32:07 - 35:00] Embracing diversity and creating a sense of belonging[35:01 - 37:13] Crowdsourcing and bringing key customers into the innovation sphere[37:14 - 38:47] What "teaming out" means[39:03 - 43:05] "Teaming out" and collaborating with small businesses and smaller ecosystems[43:20 - 45:13] Crowdsourcing ideas to solve problems isn't new [45:14 - 47:52] Shifting mindsets, ownership and responsibility, and time and resources[47:55 - 48:42] Hustle culture and accepting working differently

Today on The Future of Teamwork, Max Ghenis talks with host Dane Groeneveld about universal basic income and positive examples that combat the negative spin this growing idea gets in the news. Max is the Co-Founder and CEO of Policy Engine, and the Founder and President of UBI Center. In his conversation with Dane, Max discusses his passion for policy, what inspired him to research UBI, and the potential for UBI to create stability and opportunity for disadvantaged populations. The two also discuss ways in which traditional thinking about aid can be destructive, and highlight how UBI could allow people to take control of their own destinies.Key Takeaways: [00:11 - 02:00] Introduction to Max and his career as a data scientist led him to UBI[02:03 - 02:43] What is universal basic income?[02:46 - 03:29] Is universal basic income headed toward global policy?[03:32 - 04:13] The Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend[04:14 - 05:13] Iran's experiment in UBI and subsidies, cash assistance[05:38 - 06:46] The US and the UK, and the micro-simulation model[06:47 - 08:10] The level of income projected in Max's research is $10,000[08:13 - 09:07] The dystopian views on universal basic income[09:08 - 10:00] Different versions of UBI[10:02 - 13:13] A static model, and seeing the benefits of reducing poverty in many forms[13:13 - 14:52] The World Economic Forum's prediction on human needs as technology grows[14:52 - 16:02] The role of poverty on crime, and UBI's potential to reduce imprisonment[16:05 - 18:10] What are companies and communities adding to put more money into their neighbors and poverty areas?[18:14 - 19:35] Businesses like Google donating through GiveDirectly[19:36 - 22:14] Trials in UBI with randomized villages and the effect of conflict[22:17 - 24:35] The origins of UBI, and comparisons to building oil and gas projects[24:35 - 28:00] The Oregon People's Rebate, the organization the Citizen's Climate Lobby, and the Maryland Child Alliance[28:01 - 28:37] Some interventions outperform cash, evidence-based models and benchmarks[28:41 - 31:24] The overlap of Web3, crypto, and universal basic income[31:24 - 32:50] The intersection of Web3 and carbon tax, and tying it all to land[32:52 - 34:51] Worldcoin and assets that help redistribute funds locally to communities[34:51 - 36:59] The Team Up Foundation and investing in marginalized communities[37:01 - 39:56] Cash as a benchmark, how can we improve on cash[39:56 - 41:17] The irony of how aid can damage developing countries in unintended ways[41:24 - 43:26] Seeing UBI with a realistic lens instead of dystopian[43:27 - 45:16] Free extra utility, and creating progress for people

Seamless.AI's Director of Sales, Dave Lehmkuhl speaks with The Future of Teamwork host and Huddl3 Group CEO, Dane Groeneveld about lessons learned while building teams while in the military and in sales.Topics of conversation:[0:42] Dave's background in the military and in SaaS[3:48] The attributes of a good team and the definition of good teamwork[7:27] Highlighting your team and having each others back[10:23] Honest and authentic moments[13:54] Opportunities for teamwork in being together in person[18:59] Competition, collaboration, and celebration as ways of motivating teams[26:09] Family teams, and what is different celebrating them compared to work[31:29] Dave's dreams for teamwork and balancing professional and personal lives[34:54] Thinking about the future of technology and retaining the human element[39:22] How quickly the next generation of young minds is adopting technology[42:08] Where Seamless.AI hopes to make the biggest impact going forward

Simon Phin, Chief Executive Officer of Beyond The Break Pt. Lt., stops by to talk about surfing, oil rigs, and teamwork with host Dane Groeneveld. On this episode of the Future of Teamwork the two cover how Simon translated lessons from tandem surfing to practices that ultimately helped oil rig employees around the world stay better connected and safer on the job. Dane and Simon also cover the nature of collaboration after COVID, and how to make workplaces more democratized.